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At about half the price of other rhetorically arranged readers, 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology combines concise but thorough instruction in the methods of development with a well-chosen selection of classic and contemporary model readings for writers. The second edition features a fresh mix of new and current selections to complement class-proven favorites; new advice on forming a thesis statement; and a wealth of captivating new writing topics. This volume in the popular Bedford/St. Martin's series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers a trademark combination of high quality and great value.
40 Model Essays : A Portable Anthology
by Aaron, Jane E.; Repetto, Ellen KuhlEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-12-07
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Author Biography
Jane E. Aaron is a professional writer and editor as well as an experienced teacher. She is the author of the best selling Little, Brown Handbook and coeditor of the best-selling Bedford Reader, Eighth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003). She has served as consultant, editor, or writer on more than a dozen other textbooks for the first-year composition course.
Ellen Kuhl Repetto (M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston) is a freelance editor and writer who has contributed to more than twenty composition readers, handbooks, and rhetorics. She is the author of The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader (2003), Readings for Discoveries: A Collection of Short Essays (2006), and Hope over Hardship: A History of the Boston Home, 1881 - 2006 (2007).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: READING AND WRITING
EDWARD P. JONES, Shacks
1. DESCRIPTION
E. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake
WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON, Dance of the Hobs
JOAN DIDION, The Santa Ana
JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, Silent Dancing
2. NARRATION
LANGSTON HUGHES, Salvation
ANNIE DILLARD, The Chase
JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, In the Early Morning Rain
GEORGE ORWELL, Shooting an Elephant
3. EXAMPLE
PERRI KLASS, Shes Your Basic LOL in NAD
ANNA QUINDLEN, Homeless
BRENT STAPLES, Black Men and Public Space
FRANCINE PROSE, Which Came First?
4. DIVISION OR ANALYSIS
MARGARET VISSER, The Ritual of Fast Food
THOMAS DE ZENGOTITA, American Idol Worship
SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS, The Men We Carry in Our Minds
5. CLASSIFICATION
DEBORAH TANNEN, But What Do You Mean?
STEPHANIE ERICSSON, The Ways We Lie
WALTER MOSLEY, Show Me the Money
6. PROCESS ANALYSIS
FIROOZEH DUMAS, Sweet, Sour, and Resentful
LARS EIGHNER, Dumpster Diving
JESSICA MITFORD, Embalming Mr. Jones
7. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
NANCY MAIRS, Disability
CHERYL PECK, Fatso
DAVID SEDARIS, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Private Language, Public Language
8. DEFINITION
JUDY BRADY, I Want a Wife
GLORIA NAYLOR, The Meanings of a Word
AMY TAN, Mother Tongue
DAGOBERTO GILB, Pride
9. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS
MALCOLM GLADWELL, The Tipping Point
STEVEN PINKER, Mind Over Mass Media
BARBARA EHRENREICH, Cultural Baggage
STEPHEN JAY GOULD, Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs
10. ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
Debate: Can simple living help the environment?
BILL McKIBBEN, Waste Not, Want Not
DERRICK JENSEN, Forget Shorter Showers
VIRGINIA POSTREL, In Praise of Chain Stores
SHERRY TURKLE, Privacy Has a Politics
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., I Have a Dream
JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal
Glossary
Index of Authors and Titles
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